Comments on: Students aren’t so web-savvy… http://tametheweb.com/2008/06/10/students-arent/ Libraries, Technology and People Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:03:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Quick Links - Gaming in Libraries and Other Stories - 09 July 2008 | Blogging Librarian http://tametheweb.com/2008/06/10/students-arent/comment-page-1/#comment-5366 Quick Links - Gaming in Libraries and Other Stories - 09 July 2008 | Blogging Librarian Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:49:49 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/?p=2872#comment-5366 [...] - Students not as Web-savvy after allIf you always thought the younger generation is more web-savvy, think again! Here’s another report to show that students are the exact opposite of what most people have assumed. Personally, having interacted with students, while providing advisory services and during library workshops, I have found that a large number of students do not know how to evaluate information that they have found on the Internet or online databases. In addition, they may not know about the many uses of social media applicable to their studies other than the fun they have on MySpace, Facebook and Friendster.(via Tame The Web) [...] [...] – Students not as Web-savvy after allIf you always thought the younger generation is more web-savvy, think again! Here’s another report to show that students are the exact opposite of what most people have assumed. Personally, having interacted with students, while providing advisory services and during library workshops, I have found that a large number of students do not know how to evaluate information that they have found on the Internet or online databases. In addition, they may not know about the many uses of social media applicable to their studies other than the fun they have on MySpace, Facebook and Friendster.(via Tame The Web) [...]

]]> By: eszter http://tametheweb.com/2008/06/10/students-arent/comment-page-1/#comment-5062 eszter Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:21:19 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/?p=2872#comment-5062 Thanks for clarifying. I guess the "this person" was hard to parse. It makes sense that it would refer to the person talking about Blackboard, but I guess it wasn't clear to me. Glad to know you weren't drawing conclusions about my teaching based on that short interview.:) Thanks for clarifying. I guess the “this person” was hard to parse. It makes sense that it would refer to the person talking about Blackboard, but I guess it wasn’t clear to me. Glad to know you weren’t drawing conclusions about my teaching based on that short interview.:)

]]> By: Michael http://tametheweb.com/2008/06/10/students-arent/comment-page-1/#comment-5061 Michael Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:09:11 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/?p=2872#comment-5061 estzer - I believe both Nicole and I were responding to the commentor who said: Finally someone says it. We listen ad nauseam to administrators and journalists blather about tech in the classroom and this generation’s web-and-computer savvy. Bollocks. My students (at an R-1) have had enormous difficulty posting documents to Blackboard and WebCT; don’t know how to use a program’s tutorial; don’t know how to save documents in different file formats than the default; don’t realize they can discover basic information about our university (e.g. a phone directory, a registration calendar) through our webpage. They are as tech savvy as they are anything-else savvy: not so much, unfortunately. Not you! estzer – I believe both Nicole and I were responding to the commentor who said:

Finally someone says it. We listen ad nauseam to administrators and journalists blather about tech in the classroom and this generation’s web-and-computer savvy. Bollocks. My students (at an R-1) have had enormous difficulty posting documents to Blackboard and WebCT; don’t know how to use a program’s tutorial; don’t know how to save documents in different file formats than the default; don’t realize they can discover basic information about our university (e.g. a phone directory, a registration calendar) through our webpage. They are as tech savvy as they are anything-else savvy: not so much, unfortunately.

Not you!

]]> By: eszter http://tametheweb.com/2008/06/10/students-arent/comment-page-1/#comment-5059 eszter Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:36:44 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/?p=2872#comment-5059 It's intersting that you would draw conclusions about my teaching style based on that interview given that it doesn't address my teaching at all. I care very much about student learning and figuring out ways to help students learn and grow. The student evaluations I get attest to the fact that man of my students appreciate my teaching and get a lot out of my classes. It’s intersting that you would draw conclusions about my teaching style based on that interview given that it doesn’t address my teaching at all. I care very much about student learning and figuring out ways to help students learn and grow. The student evaluations I get attest to the fact that man of my students appreciate my teaching and get a lot out of my classes.

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